The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

the weight given to Likes in our video recommendation algorithm) while $Y$ is a vector of outcome measures such as different metrics of user experience (e.g., Taking measurements at parameter settings further from control parameter settings leads to a lower variance estimate of the slope of the line relating the metric to the parameter.

Experimentation 52

Experimentation Optimization Uncertainty Metrics 52

Sisense

JUNE 9, 2021

In training, wearable devices measure players’ workload, movement, and fatigue levels to manage their fitness and positioning and optimize their performance during play. Big data analytics and artificial intelligence enable the simultaneous processing and analysis of data from many sources to measure and even predict performance.

Analytics 98

Analytics Data-driven Internet of Things Measurement 98

datapine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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Visualization 177

Visualization Dashboards Sales Measurement 177

Data Science and Beyond

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Here are my thoughts from 2014 on defining data science as the intersection of software engineering and statistics , and a more recent post on defining data science in 2018. The hardest parts of data science are problem definition and solution measurement, not model fitting and data cleaning , because counting things is hard.

Data Science 71

Data Science Deep Learning Machine Learning Data-driven 71

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

In blue is how much time we spent in 2010 and in blue the time spent in 2014. was the dramatic shift between 2010 to 2014 to mobile content consumption. But why blame others, in this post let's focus on one important reason whose responsibility can be squarely put on your shoulders and mine: Measurement.

Metrics 141

Metrics Reporting Analytics Marketing 141

Edwin Chen

AUGUST 14, 2014

In an ideal world, we'd be able to run experiments – the gold standard for measuring causality – whenever we wish. How can we understand causal lifts in the absence of an A/B test? We measure Soylent's effect as the difference between each twin pair. In the real world, however, we can't. Propensity Modeling.

Modeling 75

Modeling Measurement Sales Testing 75

datapine

JANUARY 31, 2022

For example, in regards to marketing, traditional advertising methods of spending large amounts of money on TV, radio, and print ads without measuring ROI aren’t working like they used to. Everything is being tested, and then the campaigns that succeed get more money put into them, while the others aren’t repeated. The results?

Business Intelligence 214

Business Intelligence Analytics Cost-Benefit ROI 214

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 20, 2024

He tested this hypothesis by having some machines at the facility warm up and others not. Prior to Satya Nadella becoming CEO in 2014, Microsoft had a toxic, non-innovative culture known for information and product silos, cutthroat competition through forced ranking of employees, and office politics. the control role of budgets).

Management 109

Management Interactive Measurement Marketing 109

Domino Data Lab

AUGUST 1, 2021

Joint training, for example, adds an additional “explanation task” to the original problem and trains the system to solve the two “jointly” (see Bahdanau, 2014). After forming the X and y variables, we split the data into training and test sets. layer-wise relevance propagation), model distillation (e.g.

Modeling 139

Modeling Deep Learning Machine Learning Knowledge Discovery 139

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Higher Order Bits: Human vs. Business, Success KPIs, S-T-D-C Framework, MoR Test. For the rest of this post, I'm going to use the first three to capture the essence of social engagement and brand impact, and one to measure impact on the business. It covers, content, marketing and measurement. It is pronounced the more test.

B2B 167

B2B Metrics Testing Recreation/Entertainment 167

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Structure tests to validate these hypotheses. In each case, frame it as a hypothesis, test it, make bigger changes. You can see a specific shift in strategy starting May 2014 for Shutterstock, while we have continued to plod along at the same pace. It is nice to have that as a measure of loyalty to the site. (I'm

Metrics 155

Metrics Reporting IT Advertising 155